U of Louisiana-Lafayette mini-satellite zipping around Earth
A cubical satellite small enough to sit on the palm of your hand is zipping around the world and sending data about radiation to the Louisiana students who designed and built it.
The satellite, called CAPE-3, carries a chip designed and built by students at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to detect radiation, with an eye to keeping astronauts safe.
“The detectors would provide liquid crystal display readings so astronauts could constantly monitor how much radiation they’re being exposed to,” Dr. Paul Darby, the university’s project leader, said in a news release.
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U of L Students Receiving Signals From Cajun Satellite
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The ingenuity in this state is amazing! When it comes to next-level, bleeding edge science - Louisiana has got some big brains! The latest smarty-pants moment from the Sportsman s Paradise is coming out of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
According to Satnews.com, students at U of L were chosen by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to be one of 9 groups to build a
cubesat. A tenth was built by NASA themselves as part of the
CubeSat Launch Initiative. Each of these tiny but powerful satellites are currently orbiting our planet (launched on January 17th) collecting and relaying critical information back to earth.
UL honors its oaks on campus bus stops
Photo credit: Doug Dugas / University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Illustrations of oak trees that adorn four public bus stops near UL Lafayette represent a longstanding, campus-wide commitment to sustainability. The bus stops are in place to encourage mass transit, an objective of the Universityâs Sustainability Strategic Plan.
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Acorns donât fall from several sprawling oak trees recently âplantedâ by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Birds donât land on their long, flowing branches, either.
The trees are vinyl illustrations that adorn the walls of four, three-sided public bus stops along a stretch of Johnston Street that runs past the UL Lafayette campus.
2021/01/23 21:32 LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) A cubical satellite small enough to sit on the palm of your hand is zipping around the world and sending data about radiation to the Louisiana students who designed and built it. The satellite, called CAPE-3, carries a chip designed and built by students at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to detect radiation, with an eye to keeping astronauts safe. “The detectors would provide liquid crystal display readings so astronauts could constantly monitor how much radiation they’re being exposed to,” Dr. Paul Darby, the university’s project leader, said in a news release. The satellite also carries a tiny Geiger counter so students can tell whether the chip is accurate.